Sir John Barran, 2nd Baronet

British Liberal Party politician

Sir John Barran

Sir John Nicholson Barran, 2nd Baronet (16 August 1872 – 8 July 1952) was a British Liberal Party politician.

Contents

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  1 Background
  


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  2 Political career
  


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  3 References
  


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  4 External links
  

Background

Barran was the son of John Barran (1844–1886) and the grandson of Sir John Barran, 1st Baronet. His mother was Eliza Henrietta, daughter of Edward Nicholson. He was educated at Winchester and Trinity College, Cambridge.^[1] He married firstly Alice Margarita, daughter of Reverend Leighton Parks, in 1902. They had three sons and one daughter. His youngest son Sir David Barran became a prominent businessman and served as Managing Director and Chairman of Shell. After his first wife's death in 1939 he married secondly Esther Frances, daughter of Francis Marion Bates Fisher, in 1946. Barran died in July 1952, aged 79, and was succeeded in the baronetcy by his eldest son John.

Political career

Barran was elected to the House of Commons at a by-election in March 1909 as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Hawick Burghs.

Hawick Burghs by-election, 1909^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Sir John Barran	3,028	54.7
	Liberal Unionist	Halford John Mackinder	2,508	45.3
Majority			520	9.4
Turnout				92.8
	Liberal hold		Swing

He was re-elected with a large majority in January 1910

General Election Jan 1910: Hawick Burghs

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Sir John Barran	3,261	59.0	+4.3
	Liberal Unionist	James Edward Graham	2,268	41.0	-4.3
Majority			993	18.0	+8.6
Turnout				91.7	-1.1
	Liberal hold		Swing	+4.3

He was returned unopposed in December 1910.^[3] He served as Parliamentary Private Secretary to Prime Minister H. H. Asquith from 1910 to 1916. After the war he tried unsuccessfully to return to parliament, standing as Liberal candidate for Hull North West at the general elections of 1922, 1923 and 1924.^[4]

General Election 1922: Hull North West^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Unionist	Albert Lambert Ward	14,904	57.1
	Liberal	Sir John Barran	11,204	42.9
Majority			3,700	14.2
Turnout
	Unionist hold		Swing

General Election 1923: Hull North West^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Unionist	Albert Lambert Ward	12,674	50.2
	Liberal	Sir John Barran	12,559	49.8
Majority			115	0.4
Turnout				73.7
	Unionist hold		Swing

General Election 1924: Hull North West^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Unionist	Albert Lambert Ward	15,072	53.3
	Liberal	Sir John Barran	8,080	28.5
	Labour	Ferdinand Louis Kerran	5,151	18.2
Majority			6,992	24.8
Turnout				81.2
	Unionist hold		Swing

Apart from his political career he was a Justice of the Peace for the West Riding of Yorkshire.

References

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2. 
   ^ The Times, 6 March 1909
   


3. 
   ^ British parliamentary election results 1885-1918, Craig, F. W. S.
   


4. 
   ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, F W S Craig
   


5. 
   ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, F W S Craig
   


6. 
   ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, F W S Craig
   


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   ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, F W S Craig
   

• Leigh Rayment's list of baronets


• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs


• www.thepeerage.com

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Sir John Barran
  

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Thomas Shaw	Member of Parliament for Hawick Burghs 1909–1918	Constituency abolished
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by John Barran	Baronet (of Chapel Allerton Hall and Queen's Gate) 1905–1952	Succeeded by John Leighton Barran

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